Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jul 5, 2025

A New Technique for Quantitative Analysis of Hair Loss in Mice Using Grayscale Analysis
Published on: March 9, 2015
The golden ratio-dispelling the myth
1Kingston Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Galsworthy Road, London, KT2 7QB, UK. Farhad.Naini@yahoo.co.uk.
Background:
The purpose of this article is to explore the claims often cited in scientific journals regarding the golden ratio, and its proposed link to beauty and idealized forms in nature, including idealized human proportions.
Main Body:
Claims made in the nineteenth century through to the modern day in the clinical literature do not appear to be supported by evidence.
Short Conclusions:
There is no convincing evidence that the golden ratio is linked to idealized human proportions or facial beauty. There is currently no evidence to support the use of the golden ratio in orthognathic or facial aesthetic/reconstructive surgical planning or analysis of results.
Related Concept Videos
Testing a Claim about Standard Deviation
The hypothesis testing for the claim of population standard deviation (or variance) requires the data and samples to be random and unbiased. The population distribution also must be normal. There is no specific requirement on the sample size as the estimation is based on the chi-square distribution.
As a first step, the hypothesis (null and alternative) concerning the claim about...
The Ratio of X Chromosome to Autosomes
Normal male Drosophila has a ratio of one X chromosome to two sets of autosomes. In contrast, normal female...
Regression Toward the Mean
Central Limit Theorem
The sample size, n, that...
Dimensional Analysis
Conversion Factors and Dimensional Analysis
The unit...
Applications of Normal Distribution
The heights of 15 to 18-year-old males from Chile from 1984 to 1985 followed a normal distribution. The mean height is 172.36...

